Youth & Teen Programs

After School Youth Cooking Classes

Students in this class will learn the basic elements of cooking. Students will be taught recipes and preparation methods for various foods from around the world. They will also be taught key topics associated with cooking such as kitchen safety, cooking terms and recipe structure. They will make a recipe book of the recipes they learn in class so they can repeat the recipes at home. Each course will feature different and new recipes.

Bucket Drumming

Everyone loves to drum! In this class everyone will get to play on a bucket and learn the basics of drumming. We will cover some basic stick technique and then learn to work together to play some great grooves.

CPR/AED for the Community & Workplace

The purpose of this course is to train individuals to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situation and to recognize and core for life threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in children or adults. The classes cover adult, child and infant CPR; the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and first aid for choking. The Fountain Hills Fire Department provides the certified CPR instructors.The American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI) “CPR and AED for Community & Workplace” course provides individuals with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to perform effective basic life support in an emergency. Persons who do not work in the healthcare field but are occupationally required or just desire to have CPR knowledge and skills would attend this course. Participants may include:

Babysitter Safety, CPR, and First Aid

Come join the fun and learn CPR, First Aid, basic emergency choking and more. Programs will cover the immediate care given to an injured or suddenly ill children until competent emergency care is available. Cost includes take home materials for your in home safety and a certification. Be sure to bring a lunch.

Eggstravaganza

Join us at Golden Eagle Park and watch as hundreds of kids scramble to pick up over 15,000 eggs stuffed with candy and other prizes. Held on the baseball fields, this event is a sure way to begin the Spring season. Hoppy Bunny will serve as Master of Ceremonies and will available for hugs and pictures throughout the event. The event is open to children up to seven years old who must be accompanied by an adult. Please arrive early to avoid missing our Egg-citing Egg Hunt at 9:00 a.m. You can also visit with the Fountain Hills Fire Department, which will have trucks to climb on and firefighters to show the kids their gear. No event would be complete without inflatable bouncers to play on. Come join us for lots of egg-citement!

Join us for Middle School Madness Trips and Events. If you are in grades 6th - 8th and want to participate in some awesome trips and events, be sure to sign up for all of our Middle School Madness Trips and Events. Middle School Madness will meet at the Middle School Gymnasium parking lot. All Trips and Events are FREE and dinner is provided.

Program Sponsors

Nerf Wars (for Ages 6+)

Competing teams use their brains, bodies and toy blasters to complete fun missions. All missions are safe and family-friendly, allowing ages 6+ and all skill levels to play. Parents wanting to play must register themselves as well as their children. Basic blasters and eye protection will be on loan, but you may bring your own. Blasters must be stock/unmodified blasters that are compatible with Nerf Elite darts. No blowguns allowed. If you can't fix your blaster when it jams, please don't bring it. Darts will also be provided. Please do NOT bring darts. We need a minimum of 8 players (max of 24) to register a week before each Nerf War or that war will be cancelled. To learn more, visit BlasterFun.com. BONUS TIP: You can turn one of our events into your private party. Imagine the fun you'll have doing this at your next birthday party (birthday party packages available), company or group outing! Send us an email at Email@BlasterFun.com to learn more.

Nerf Wars (for Ages 10+)

Competing teams use their brains, bodies and toy blasters to complete fun missions. Intermediate level missions allow ages 10+ to play. Parents wanting to play must register themselves as well as their children. Basic blasters and eye protection will be on loan, but you may bring your own. Blasters must be stock/unmodified blasters that are compatible with Nerf Elite darts. No blowguns allowed. If you can't fix your blaster when it jams, please don't bring it. Darts will also be provided. Please do NOT bring darts. We need a minimum of 8 players (max of 24) to register a week before each Nerf War or that war will be cancelled. To learn more, visit BlasterFun.com. BONUS TIP: You can turn one of our events into your private party. Imagine the fun you'll have doing this at your next birthday party (birthday party packages available), company or group outing! Send us an email at Email@BlasterFun.com to learn more.

Nerf Rivals (for Ages 12+)

Competing teams use their brains, bodies and toy blasters to complete fun missions. Intermediate level missions allow ages 10+ to play. Parents wanting to play must register themselves as well as their children. Basic blasters and eye protection will be on loan, but you may bring your own. Blasters must be stock/unmodified blasters that are compatible with Nerf Elite darts. No blowguns allowed. If you can't fix your blaster when it jams, please don't bring it. Darts will also be provided. Please do NOT bring darts. We need a minimum of 8 players (max of 24) to register a week before each Nerf War or that war will be cancelled. To learn more, visit BlasterFun.com. BONUS TIP: You can turn one of our events into your private party. Imagine the fun you'll have doing this at your next birthday party (birthday party packages available), company or group outing! Send us an email at Email@BlasterFun.com to learn more.

Beginning Robo-teers will design, build and program Lego Mindstorm NXT Robots using a kit during class. Kids will use problem solving skills for hands-on projects and robot challenges. Logic and troubleshooting skills come into play when robots maneuver, and rescue, and complete tasks robots are used for in the real world. So much fun to have make robots zip around doing tasks! Explore, learn, and have lots of robot fun!

Come join the fun of engineering mechanisms that will shoot, soar, or fly by all means available. Students will solve real engineering challenges and create, test and improve such mechanisms. Rockets will be involved. Students will answer: Will it fly? How can it be improved to fly better, faster, farther? Can it carry a bigger payload? Can it be landed with accuracy? Students will take common materials and use a variety of methods to make things fly. Perfect for those interested in engineering and/or aeronautics or in having flying fun.

Time to start designing, engineering and tinkering! This class will encourage student's engineering and building skills and encourage them to find unique solutions. They will design and build bridges, towers, vehicles, devices and more using everyday materials. Brainstorming, building, testing and re-designing are the engineering processes practiced while students have fun being innovative. Will they conquer the challenges using their science knowledge? Let's find out!